THE Soul OF Maturing: A Fresh start.

THE Soul OF Maturing: A Fresh start MICHAEL T. RAILEY, MD Speculations OF Maturing THE Procedure OF Becoming More established INCLUDING Science and Brain research Hereditary Hypotheses SPECIES Particular Contrasts Customized Irregular Harm Hypotheses Parities BETWEEN Progressing Harm AND REPAIR IS Disturbed Cancer prevention agents

THE FREE RADICAL THEORY THE WEAR AND TEAR THAT AGES US BEGINS AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL WITHIN OUR CELLS MOST NORMAL CELLS HAVE A âNEUTRALâ CHARGE A MOLECULE WITH AN EXTRA NEGATIVE CHARGE IS REFERRED TO AS HAVING A âFREE RADICALâ THOSE UNWANTED FREE RADICAL MOLECULES CAN BE CALLED OXIDATED. THE OXIDATIVE PROCESS IS LIKE RUST TO STOP THE PROCESS WE UTILIZE âANTI-OXIDANTSâ

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THE BIOLOGY OF AGING THERE IS AN INCREASE IN CHROMOSOME STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES, DNA CROSS LINKING, AND FREQUENCY OF SINGLE STRAND BREAKS, A DECLINE IN DNA METHYLATION; AND LOSS OF DNA TELOMERIC SEQUENCES. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS IS UNALTERED, BUT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN POSTTRANSLATIONAL CHANGES, DEAMIDATION, OXIDATION, CROSS-LINKING, AND NONENZYMATIC GLYCATION. MITOCHONDRIAL STRUCTURE DETERIORATES, ALBEIT NOT UNIVERSALLY. HARRISONS MEDICAL TEXT

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THE AGING PROCESS IS COMPLEX DONâT BE FOOLED BY HEARING OF SIMPLISTIC SOLUTIONS

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GOALS GAIN AN OVERVIEW OF AGING IN AMERICA INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF ADEQUATE PHYSICAL MAINTAINENCE, NUTRITION, AND MENTAL HEALTH INCREASE MOTIVATION TO CREATE OR RECAPTURE A POSITIVE VISION FOR OUR LATTER YEARS DISPELL MYTHS ABOUT AGING, NUTRITION, FOOD ADDITIVES UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR OWN LONGEVITY ENHANCE YOUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND CONVICTION TO LEAD A PURPOSEFUL LIFE

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THE BOTTOM LINE ! WHAT IS REALLY KNOWN WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR YOURSELF HOW YOU CAN BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE

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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL! WHAT IS BEAUTY? HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES? WHO IS THE BEHOLDER? IS âYOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNGâ? WHAT VALUE IS WISDOM? WHO CHANGED THE PRICE TAGS?

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WHAT IS BEAUTY??

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MORE ALEK WEK!

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ARE WE BRAINWASHED? THE COLOR FACTOR THE HAIR FACTOR BODY WEIGHT HEIGHT EYE COLOR YOUNG VS. OLD

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MATURE IS BEAUTIFUL TOO!! Valuation for QUALITIES OTHER THAN YOUTH RECOGNITION OF WISDOM AND ACCOMPLISHMENT THE BEAUTY OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT THE BEAUTY OF A GODLY PERSON RESPECT FOR LONGEVITY FINISHING WELL IS BETTER THAN STARTING WELL BEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY BE LATER!

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A DIFFERENT WORLD THE WHITE POPULATION IN THE U.S. LIVES OVER 5 YEARS LONGER THAN OUR NATIONS BLACK POPULATION DIABETES IS NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY TO OCCUR AMONG BLACKS AS WHITES BLACKS ARE 10 TIMES LIKELY TO DIE AS A VICTIM OF HOMICIDE BLACKS ARE 8 TIMES LIKELY TO DIE FROM HIV COMPARED TO WHITES LESS THAN half IF BLACK FAMILIES IN AMERICA OWN HOMES;CONVERSELY 76% OF WHITE FAMILIES OWN HOMES BLACK MEN ARE MORE THAN 6 TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED AS WHITES MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL BLACK CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY AND 2/3 GROW UP IN A HOME WITHOUT 2 PARENTS

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50+ AMERICANS TODAY ANOTHER CULTURE?? 48% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LIVE WITH SPOUSE 70% OF WHITE MEN LIVE WITH SPOUSE 18% OF WHITE MEN LIVE ALONE 28% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LIVE ALONE 1.3% OF WHITES RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANDCHILDREN 4.7% OF BLACKS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANDCHILDREN POVERTY RATE IS 7% FOR WHITE POVERTY RATE IS 18% FOR BLACK POVERTY RATE FOR HISPANIC IS 15% POVERTY RATE FOR ASIAN IS 9%

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STATE OF THE NATION NUMBER OF AMERICANS AGE 55 AND OLDER WILL ALMOST DOUBLE BY 2030 AMERICANS REACHING AGE 65 TODAY HAVE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ADDITIONAL 17.9 YEARS THE OLDER POPULATION IS BETTER EDUCATED OLDER AMERICANS HAVE MORE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OLDER AMERICANS DEVOTE THE MOST TIME TO VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 59% SEE RETIREMENT AS A TIME TO BE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED.

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HEALTH CARE DISPARITY IS REAL!!

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OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE TRAVELED A DIFFICULT PATH TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE!!!

IN ALL THINGS-MODERATION 1 COR 9:25,26,27 AND EVERY MAN THAT STRIVETH FOR MASTERY IS TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS. Presently they do it to get a corruptible crown, however we an ethical. I there so run, not as uncertainly; so battle I not as one that beateth the air; But rather I keep under my body; and bring it into subjection; for fear that that by any methods, when I have lectured others, I myself ought to be a castaway.

THE CORTISOL EFFECT CORTISOL-STRESS HORMONE CORTISOL LEVELS RISE WITH AGE DURING YOUTH THE LEVELS FALL GREATLY AT NIGHT LEVELS DO NOT FALL AS FAR AS WE AGE LIVING WITH HIGH STRESS TAKES A TOLL-STRESS IS DESTRUCTIVE!!

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WHO IS WATCHING WHO? THE SOVEREIGNITY OF GOD!

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DO WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE??

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YOUR FUTURE IS YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM! 1 COR 2: 9,10 EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, NOR EARS HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. In any case, GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT. FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHETH ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.

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A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW â People who feel their life is a piece of a bigger arrangement and are guided by their otherworldly values have more grounded invulnerable frameworks, diminished pulse, diminished danger for heart assault and malignancy, mend speedier and live longer.â Harold Koenig, MD teacher of psychiatry at Duke University

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SPIRITUAL GIFTS CAN ASSIST YOU IN DETERMINING HOW YOU FIT INTO THE âSERVICEâ PUZZLE EASILY RESEARCHED IN THE BIBLE(1 COR 12:8-10, 1 COR 12:28, ROMANS 12:6-8, EPHESIANS 4:11) MANY CHURCHES HAVE PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR GIFTS WHEN YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL GIFT IT IS NOT TAKEN AWAY WHEN YOU FALTER SPIRITUALLY FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS MAKES YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE BE VERY CAREFUL, AS THE TOPIC OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS OFTEN INCITES MUCH DISCUSSION AND EVEN CONTROVERSY!

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VITAL KNOWLEDGE John 5:24 VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.

EXAMPLES: FOSTER CHILDREN OUTCOMES TRANSMISSION OF A SKILL YOU HAVE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE MENTORING VOLUNTEERING OVERSEA CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS THE AIDS WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC THE PLIGHT 0F THE INCARCERATED

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN?? LESSONS FROM THE BLUE ZONES EXERCISE AND KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING KNOW YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE WORK LESS AND INCREASE PERIODS OF CALMNESS EAT WISELY AND EAT LESS INCREASE VEGETABLES, LESS PROTEIN,LESS PROCESSED FOOD DRINK RED WINE IN MODERATION STAY SOCIALLY ENGAGED PARTICIPATE IN SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS PRACTICES MAKE YOUR FAMILY YOUR PRIORITY

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LATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS/THE CALEB FACTOR CONFIDENT, BOLD, AND UNAFRAID, CALEB SAIDâAND YET I AM AS STRONG THIS DAY AS I WAS IN THE DAY THAT MOSES SENT ME; AS MY STRENGTH WAS THEN, EVEN SO IS MY STRENGTH NOW, FOR WAR, BOTH TO GO OUT AND TO COME IN.â JOSHUA 14:11

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THE THIRD AGE A NEW LIFE STAGE BETWEEN ADULTHOOD AND âTRUE OLD AGEâ. NO LONGER A BRIEF INTERMEZZO TO DRASTIC DECLINEâ¦INSTEAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE BEST STAGE OF ALL! Joins NEWFOUND FREEDOM AND THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIFE!!!